Bookstand



Get 9, 19280 w. E. HASKIN BOQKSTAND Filed 1511.12, 1927 2 sheetsrsheet 1 I Patented Oct. 9, 1928.

UNlTED STATES 1,6 1,444 PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER EASTER HASKIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T PRESSED & WELDED STEEL PRODUCTS COMPANY, OF LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

ZBOOKSTAND.

Application filed January 12, 1927. Serial N0.160,681.

This invention relates to bookstands, an object of the invention being to provide a bookstand which is designed to conveniently hold a series of books, such as telephone books and the like, and enable any book to be swung readily to open position without disconnecting the same from. the stand.

A further object of the invention is to provide a mechanism in which a plurality of i books may beconveniently assembled, supported and partially enclosed, so that these books may be referred to as frequently as desired without any danger of losing the books or misplacing them. I

A further object is to provide a bookstand of this character wliich may be supported on a table, desk or other part, or may be secured to a wall or vertical support and function I with equal facility in either position.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in ,certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of 'parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved bookstand arranged to be supported on a table, desk or other support;

Figure 2 is a similar view, showing one of the books open and in position for reading or examining the same; 1

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing my improved stand withthe parts in position for securing the-same to a wall or other upright su port;

igure 4 is a view in front elevation of the device shown in Figure 1, with a portion thereof broken away;

Figure 5 isa fragmentarydetail showing the construction of the rod ends. The device will be first described with the parts assembled so that the device is adapted to rest upon a table or other support and then 5 we will indicate how the parts may be changed to arrange them for securing them to a wall or other upright support.

A, A represent a pair of uprights. These uprights are composed of sheet metal. Each 00 u right .has an outer plate land an inner p ate 2 spaced apart. Each pair of plates are connected at both front and rear by plates 4 and at the front only by plates 3, the latter being normally at the bottom of the supports.

The supports therefore constitute uprights which are open at their upper ends and at their front and'rear portions.

Vertically disposed plates 5 are located within the uprights A, A and 'adjacent the outer plates-1, 1, and have laterally projecting flanges 6 which constitute book rests. These uprights A, A are connected by a plurality of rods 7, and spacing plates 8 are supported on the rods and are located between binders 9, holding the binders apart and these binders are pivotally mounted on a rod 10 so that the binders are freeto swing from one position to another. When in one position the binders have their end portions resting against certain of the rods 7 and are mainly enclosed in the structure above defined, one binderbeing partially enclosed in each upright and the other binders being located between the firstmentioned binders and spaced apart by the plates 8.

To hold the parts. in rigid position after they are once assembled nuts 12 are screwed onto the outer ends of the rods 7 and 10 and each ofthese rods is made with a shoulder 11 adapted to bear against the plates 5, 5, and

prevent lateral or independent movement of any of the parts when the nuts are secured onto the rods.

The binders 9 are pivotally mounted on the rods 10 at a point or point-s nearer one end of the binder than the other, so that when the binders are swung outwardly into position to permit access to the books, as indicated in Figure 2, the ends of the binders will rest upon the upper front rod 7 and the laterally projecting flanges 6 will serve to support the eaves of the end binders when the latter are in open position.

When the device is to be arranged for supporting the same on a wall or other structure, as indicated in Figure 3, it is simply necessary to remove the rods, give the plates 5, 5a position' so as to engage over other corners of members A, A; which is a ninety degree change of position, and then reassemble the parts with the rods in place, as indicated in said figure,

when thestructure will be precisely as before except that the members A will have a position at a different angle to the binder supporting parts and can be secured to a wall or upright in any approved manner.

In the upper left-hand corner of each support A, shown in F iguresl and 2, a nut 12 is illustrated, which is connected to. a short bolt extending only through the plate 5 and outer plate 1, as at this point the rod cannot be used as it would interfere with the movement of the binders. When the parts are arranged for securing the same to a wall this bolt and nut are shifted to the position shown in Figure 8.

While I have illustrated what I believe 'to be a preferred embodiment of my invention, it

is is obvious that various changes and alterations might be made in the general form of'the parts described without departing from my invention and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth but consider my self at liberty to make such changes and'alten ations as fairly fall within the spirit and scopeof the appended claims.

I claim:

' 1. A bookstand, including a pair of hollow .supportingmembers spaced "apart, rods connecting said supporting -me'mbers, a book holder normally having its back portion ex posed and pivotally connected between its ends to one of said rods whereby a book -sup ported by said holder when in normal position rests upon other ofsaid rods, and a pivotal movement of said book holderanoves the book supported thereby from a position between the'supporting members and permits the book to be opened and supported upon its pivot and other parts of said bookstan d.

2. A bookstand, including a pair of hollow supporting members spaced apart, rods con necting said supporting members, a plurality ports, a plurality of rodsieonnecting thefsupports, book holders normallyihaving theirback 7. portions exposed and pivotally. mounted on one of the rods, spacing plates supported by the rods between the book holders, and other plates located within the supports and having laterally projecting flanges constituting supports, a plurality of rods connecting the sup ports for the book holder s when the latter are :swunito open position. a Y 4. bookstand, including a pair of sup-' ports, book'holders normally having their back portions exposed andpivotally mounted *on one of the rods, spacin r plates supported by the-rods between theif ook'holders, and other plates located witlifIrfi-the supports and having laterally projecting flangesconstituting supports for the book holders and books when the latter are swung to open position, said supports, rods and plates removably coupled so that the angular disposition of the plates relative to. the sup orts may be varied and the bookstand secuied to a wall. k

. -WALTER EASTER HASKIN' 

